As I stated in earlier reviews, there are two types of programs I enjoy.
The kind I can put on while I'm working and half-way pay attention to
- think Beverly Hillbillies, Tom Cruise movies and most documentaries
- and then there are programs that demand my attention because they're
so good, so dense, that they can't be ignored.

This is one of the latter, a series packed with the most amazing historical
footage you'll see anywhere. I consider myself an expert on the 1960s,
but this series opened my eyes to events I knew nothing about and added
layers of understanding to more familiar happenings.

This 1970 documentary series lingers on the rich footage, allowing the
viewer to get the full impact and puts world events into perspective with
remarkable detail. For instance, we see footage of a Klan meeting where
butchers of noble people are lauded for their actions. If I was a history
teacher I'd have this on hand for two weeks of curriculum.

The Fabulous 60s is one of the finest documentaries of its time
(or this one). This 10-part series on four discs is narrated by Peter
Jennings; it's as adept at covering this tumultuous decade as World
at War was at capturing that era.

Product Description:Fabulous 60sIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…
The Fabulous 60s takes a kaleidoscopic look back at this most turbulent
of decades, ten tumultuous years that began in hope with man’s
exploration of space and the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, youngest
President of the United States… and ended in a welter of Cold
War intrigue, political assassination, civil unrest, student demonstration
and US involvement in another war in a country known as Vietnam.
Legendary journalist Peter Jennings narrates this year-by-year scrapbook
of The Fabulous 60s, an historical cornucopia packed with the unforgettable
sights and sounds of an indelible era.